DOTCAST And PBS National Datacast to Revolutionize Broadband Digital Communications.Business & High Tech Editors PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2000 DOTCAST(TM) will bring high-speed digital content, commerce and communications across broadcast and cable television networks DOTCAST, Inc., a broadband communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. located in Silicon Valley, announces a long-term strategic relationship with PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, NATIONAL DATACAST to achieve national deployment of the Dotcast Digital Network(TM). With this relationship, DOTCAST will establish a national broadband network to reach over 100 million households in the US. This end-to-end digital network will enable rich-media content, e-commerce and communication service providers to more effectively deliver digital products and services to businesses and consumers. "The relationship with DOTCAST broadens our ability to carry new broadband digital services across DATACAST's national datacasting infrastructure of PBS member stations' TV signals," said Jacqueline Weiss, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of PBS NATIONAL DATACAST. "It will also enable PBS and its member stations to participate in the delivery of new digital services that provide additional value and information to homes, businesses, government and schools." The Dotcast Digital Network will be one of the most cost-effective distribution channels for the ultra high-speed delivery of digital products and services, such as, video libraries, music jukeboxes, game arcades, software applications, and personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. communication services. The Dotcast Digital Network holds the unique advantage of adding substantial new digital capacity to the existing transmission facilities supporting today's television broadcast and cable industries. DOTCAST will also utilize the emerging broadcast infrastructure that will support tomorrow's digital television services. In addition to its network infrastructure alliance with PBS NATIONAL DATACAST, DOTCAST is actively pursuing partnerships with additional broadcast networks and independent station groups to bring additional capacity to the Dotcast Digital Network. Competitive Edge Based on Dual-Mode Network Architecture The Dotcast Digital Network can transmit, receive and effectively manage an ultra high-speed data service using both the existing broadcast television networks and the emerging broadcast infrastructure for digital television. DOTCAST is using patent-pending technologies that efficiently inject in·ject v. 1. To introduce a substance, such as a drug or vaccine, into a body part. 2. To treat by means of injection. a 4.5 million bits per second (Mbps) digitally-encoded data stream into either a conventional NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. or PAL (1) (Programmable Array Logic) A type of programmable logic chip (PLD) that contains arrays of programmable AND gates and predefined OR gates. PALs are defined by their number of inputs and outputs; for example, a 22v10 PAL means 22 inputs and 10 outputs. broadcast or cable television signal. The Dotcast Digital Network can simultaneously manage the delivery of upwards to 10 Mbps of the new digital television bandwidth for additional data services. With its dual-mode network architecture, DOTCAST can target the delivery of 100 to 200 billion bytes of digital products and services per day to businesses and consumers in each broadcast market. The Dotcast Digital Network will allow a true broadband experience to reach the consumer and meet the increasing demand for fast downloads and immediate access to popular digital music titles, video entertainment and games, personalized jukebox A storage device for multiple sets of CD-ROMs, DVDs, tape cartridges or disk modules. Using carousels, robot arms and other methods, a jukebox physically moves the storage medium from its assigned location to an optical or magnetic station for reading and writing. players, libraries of searchable videos from top websites, targeted communications and e-commerce services, and direct access to application service providers. "DOTCAST's value proposition is simple," said David Atkinson For the Canadian academic, see . David Atkinson (born 24 March 1940) was Conservative British Member of Parliament for Bournemouth East from a 1977 by-election until he stepped down at the 2005 general election. , DOTCAST Chairman and CEO. "We manage the delivery of third-party digital products and services through the most ubiquitous communications channels Also called a "circuit" or "line," it is a pathway over which data are transferred between remote devices. It may refer to the entire physical medium, such as a telephone line, optical fiber, coaxial cable or twisted wire pair, or, it may refer to one of several carrier frequencies available the world's broadcast and cable television networks. Our alliance with PBS NATIONAL DATACAST provides the national foundation on which to build our end-to-end digital network for the delivery of all types of media and content to the PC, TV and other Dotcast-enabled devices." Senior Management Team From Key Areas DOTCAST has assembled a senior management team with broad experience in the communications, Internet, broadcast television, cable television, interactive media, software development and consumer electronics industries. Co-founders include: -- Vincent Le Chevalier, Vice President, Engineering, formerly Vice President Operations of IDP, and part of management team at Thomson Consumer Electronics. -- Bruce D. Nilo, Vice President, Software Engineering, previously Vice President Software Engineering at ICTV, and President of BDN Software which provided software consulting services for C-Cube, Sun and other technology companies in Silicon Valley. Other senior team members include: -- Vincent Le Chevalier, Vice President, Engineering, formerly Vice President Operations of IDP, and part of management team at Thomson Consumer Electronics. -- Bruce D. Nilo, Vice President, Software Engineering, previously Vice President Software Engineering at ICTV, and President of BDN Software which provided software consulting services for C-Cube, Sun and other technology companies in Silicon Valley. President of Operations, NetChannel. -- Mary M. Schetter, Vice President, Media and Distribution Alliances, formerly Director of Programming, NetChannel, and Advertising Sales Executive, CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. Networks. -- Vincent Le Chevalier, Vice President, Engineering, formerly Vice President Operations of IDP, and part of management team at Thomson Consumer Electronics. -- Bruce D. Nilo, Vice President, Software Engineering, previously Vice President Software Engineering at ICTV, and President of BDN Software which provided software consulting services for C-Cube, Sun and other technology companies in Silicon Valley. For more information about DOTCAST, please go to www.dotcast.com. PBS NATIONAL DATACAST, a for-profit subsidiary of the Public Broadcasting Service “PBS” redirects here. For other uses, see PBS (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS , offers high-quality, real-time, data broadcasting services - through more than 300 PBS member stations This is a list of member stations of the United States Public Broadcasting Service. Alabama
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